SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that South Koreans in their thirties are concerned about their longevity, and are highly interested in pension insurance products, but are not as financially prepared as individuals in other age groups. According to a survey conducted on September 13 by the Korea Insurance Development [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new technology has been developed that enables speedy manufacturing of vaccine seed viruses for foot and mouth disease, regardless of the type. A research team led by Park Jong-hyeon at the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) said that it had succeeded in creating a gene substitution system [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a survey conducted by the National Cancer Center on 750 couples of cancer patients and their guardians at 13 cancer hospitals nationwide, four out of ten cancer patients don’t have accurate information regarding their clinical stage, indicating the progress of their disease. On top of that, when [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one month after the launch of Kakao Bank, the groundbreaking financial institution still enjoys great popularity, having already attracted some 3 million account holders. Pre-existing banks that had already entered the mobile financial space and K-Bank, the first internet bank in Korea, haven’t been able to draw as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, national health insurance coverage for pregnancy and childbirth will be expanded as part of the government’s effort to encourage couples to have children. On August 28, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) announced that starting in September, entitlement to pregnancy and childbirth insurance coverage will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Wave, a ‘smart’ speaker that is the first AI gadget developed by South Korean web giant Naver, has received much attention for the massive investment the company made in its development, having chosen artificial Intelligence as the key technology of the next generation. The main functions of Wave include [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service (KFS) is planning to create 60,000 new jobs in the forestry sector by the year 2022, with the expectation that new occupations relevant to forestry will appear in stages. KFS head Kim Jae hyun said that the 60,000 jobs will consist of 5,000 in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘card news’, a news format combining ‘cards’ featuring both text and images, has been embraced by numerous South Korean media companies recently, with some saying that the new format is more effective in improving reader comprehension and elevating their intention of reuse, and is as credible as traditional [...]
ANDONG, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The elderly in Euseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, spend money earned from selling eggs from hen houses to apply for a Chinese character qualification test. In addition, deserted houses have been transformed into gardens with pumpkins and medical herbs, and the walls on the way to the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The cosmetics industry is making various attempts to broaden and capture more of the domestic market, including initiatives to take advantage of IT-based services combined with state-of-the-art technology such as makeup consultation provided by artificial intelligence (AI). According to industry sources on August 11, Nature Collection, a beauty lifestyle [...]